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NO!!
Today I found one of my first sqabs outside the nest alone. the mom, (Nancy)
was still on the nest. So just to be sure, I picked her up to check on the other squab, and to my horror it wasn't there!
I feel so stupid!!! I looked every were for my littel squab on the floor, behind things, but it is gone!
The fact that the other sqab was out of the nest leads me to believe that the bird explored out of the nest, fell off the shelf, and maybe a rat got it?
It was my falt, I didn't build a guard rail in front of the nest shelf,(wich i fixed now) I did not plan on them leaving the nest untill they could fly. And the shelf has a huge nesting shelf which I built out of a tv cabinet! I feel realy bad.This is my first time raising pigeons from eggs and I guess I have alot of learning yet to do. Tonight I put a live trap in my coop to catch the rat. I wont kill it if I catch it, but I'm still upset.

Today I found one of my first sqabs outside the nest alone. the mom, (Nancy)
was still on the nest. So just to be sure, I picked her up to check on the other squab, and to my horror it wasn't there!
I feel so stupid!!! I looked every were for my littel squab on the floor, behind things, but it is gone!
The fact that the other sqab was out of the nest leads me to believe that the bird explored out of the nest, fell off the shelf, and maybe a rat got it?
It was my falt, I didn't build a guard rail in front of the nest shelf,(wich i fixed now) I did not plan on them leaving the nest untill they could fly. And the shelf has a huge nesting shelf which I built out of a tv cabinet! I feel realy bad.This is my first time raising pigeons from eggs and I guess I have alot of learning yet to do. Tonight I put a live trap in my coop to catch the rat. I wont kill it if I catch it, but I'm still upset.